Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food..

In reality, the likelihood of reaching the pinnacle of capitalist society today is only marginally better than were the chances of being accepted int….

At the heart of every frustration lies a basic structure: the collision of a wish with an unyielding reality..

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough..

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test..

I know a lot about writing, but I don't know much about how other industries work. I've tried to use my naivety to my advantage..

Everyone wants a better life: very few of us want to be better people..

Maturity: the confidence to have no opinions on many things..

Blind impatience is equally evident in the fruit section. Our ancestors might have delighted in the occasional handful of berries found on the unders….

Responsible for wrapping the iron fist of authority in its velvet glove is Jane Axtell, head of the accountancy firm's Human Resources department..

The genius of religions is that they structure the inner life..

One's doing well if age improves even slightly one's capacity to hold on to that vital truism: "This too shall pass..

Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others..

We don't really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, until something fails to go as we had hoped ... We suffer, th….

Architects themselves tend to shy away from the word, preferring instead to talk about the manipulation of space..

The true nature of bureaucracy may be nowhere more obvious to the observer than in a developing country, for only there will it still be made manifes….

We used to build temples, and museums are about as close as secular society dares to go in facing up to the idea that a good building can change your….

According to one influential wing of modern secular society there are few more disreputable fates than to end up being 'like everyone else' for 'ever….

We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host o….

True love is a lack of desire to check one's smartphone in another's presence..

The challenge of modern relationships: how to prove more interesting than the other's smartphone..